Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the VANWYPER soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of VANWYPER, and applied along 1-cm thick depth slices. Solid lines are the slice-wise median, bounded on either side by the interval defined by the slice-wise 5th and 95th percentiles. The median is the value that splits the data in half. Five percent of the data are less than the 5th percentile, and five percent of the data are greater than the 95th percentile. Values along the right hand side y-axis describe the proportion of pedon data that contribute to aggregate values at this depth. For example, a value of "90%" at 25cm means that 90% of the pedons correlated to VANWYPER were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot . Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

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Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the VANWYPER soil series. Monthly precipitation (PPT) and potential evapotranspiration (PET) have been estimated from the 50th percentile of gridded values (PRISM 1981-2010) overlapping with the extent of SSURGO map units containing each series as a major component. Monthly PET values were estimated using the method of Thornthwaite (1948). These (and other) climatic parameters are calculated with each SSURGO refresh and provided by the fetchOSD function of the soilDB package. Representative water storage values (“AWC” in the figures) were derived from SSURGO by taking the 50th percentile of profile-total water storage (sum[awc_r * horizon thickness]) for each soil series. Note that this representation of “water storage” is based on the average ability of most plants to extract soil water between 15 bar (“permanent wilting point”) and 1/3 bar (“field capacity”) matric potential. Soil moisture state can be roughly interpreted as “dry” when storage is depleted, “moist” when storage is between 0mm and AWC, and “wet” when there is a surplus. Clearly there are a lot of assumptions baked into this kind of monthly water balance. This is still a work in progress.

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Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the VANWYPER series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot , parsed OSD records and snapshot of SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the VANWYPER series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the VANWYPER series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of proportions and relative hydrologic position within an idealized landform (e.g. top to bottom). Most soil series (SSURGO components) are associated with a hillslope position and one or more landform-specific positions: hills, mountain slopes, terraces, and/or flats. Proportions can be interpreted as an aggregate representation of geomorphic membership. The values printed to the left (number of component records) and right (Shannon entropy) of stacked bars can be used to judge the reliability of trends. Small Shannon entropy values suggest relatively consistent geomorphic association, while larger values suggest lack thereof. Source: SSURGO component records .

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with VANWYPER share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records and snapshot of the SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the VANWYPER series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the VANWYPER series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of proportions and relative hydrologic position within an idealized landform (e.g. top to bottom). Proportions can be interpreted as an aggregate representation of geomorphic membership. Most soil series (SSURGO components) are associated with a hillslope position and one or more landform-specific positions: hills, mountain slopes, terraces, and/or flats. The values printed to the left (number of component records) and right (Shannon entropy) of stacked bars can be used to judge the reliability of trends. Shannon entropy values close to 0 represent soil series with relatively consistent geomorphic association, while values close to 1 suggest lack thereof. Source: SSURGO component records .

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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with VANWYPER, arranged according to family differentiae. Hovering over a series name will print full classification and a small sketch from the OSD. Source: snapshot of SC database .

Block Diagrams

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  1. NV-2012-05-09-07 | Elko County, Central Part - November 1997

    Representative detailed soil map units as they occur in various landscape positions. Units 261 (Linkup-Roca-Vanwyper association), 241 (Cleavage-Cleavage, very cobbly-Loncan association), and 576 (Sumine-Cleavage-Hapgood association) are on mountains; unit 511 (Dacker-Gance-Kelk association) is on fan piedmont remnants and inset fans; unit 110 (Moranch-Ocala-Orovada association) is on fan skirts; and unit 440 (Devilsgait-Woofus-Devilsgait, gravelly substratum association) is on basin floors (Soil Survey of Elko County, Nevada, Central Part; November 1997).

  2. NV-2012-05-09-08 | Elko County, Central Part - November 1997

    The physiographic position of each major soil component in some detailed soil map units. Units 261 (Linkup-Roca-Vanwyper association), 241 (Cleavage-Cleavage, very cobbly-Loncan association), and 576 (Sumine-Cleavage-Hapgood association) are on mountains; unit 511 (Dacker-Gance-Kelk association) is on fan piedmont remnants and inset fans; unit 110 (Moranch-Ocala-Orovada association) is on fan skirts; and unit 440 (Devilsgait-Woofus-Devilsgait, gravelly substratum association) is on basin floors (Soil Survey of Elko County, Nevada, Central Part; November 1997).

Map Units

Map units containing VANWYPER as a major component. Limited to 250 records.

Map Unit Name Symbol Map Unit Area (ac) Map Unit Key National Map Unit Symbol Soil Survey Area Publication Date Map Scale
Rubble land-Rock outcrop complex1200363270928260lbid67519921:24000
Vanwyper-Akler-Eboda association415151725188942qj86nv61219681:24000
Vanwyper-Rock outcrop-Trunk association183396925193962qjp6nv61219681:24000
Vanwyper-Bilbo-Soughe association41324325189022qj8hnv61219681:24000
Vanwyper, steep-Alyan-Vanwyper association183012615477126j0h5nv76319861:24000
Vanwyper-Rock outcrop-Trunk association18337505477129j0h8nv76319861:24000
Vanwyper, moderately steep-Trunk-Vanwyper association18315195477127j0h6nv76319861:24000
Coltroop-Vanwyper association22064035477172j0jnnv76319861:24000
Ninemile-Vanwyper-Ninemile, moderately steep association16582540477091j0g1nv76319861:24000
Vanwyper-Trunk-Trunk, steep association18321780477128j0h7nv76319861:24000
Alley-Vanwyper-Rock outcrop association28201265477236j0lqnv76319861:24000
Ninemile-Vanwyper association55282126339762rhgznv76319861:24000
Soughe-Vanwyper association94350326339772rhh0nv76319861:24000
Donna-Igdell-Vanwyper association0205105474843hy3jnv76519861:24000
Izar-Vanwyper association6861270475090hychnv76519861:24000
Izar-Loomis-Vanwyper association6811145475085hycbnv76519861:24000
Linkup-Roca-Vanwyper association26163933478861j294nv76719861:24000
Vanwyper-Loomis association41413044478901j2bfnv76719861:24000
Loomis-Vanwyper-Norfork association8529459479014j2g2nv76719861:24000
Akler-Vanwyper-Rock outcrop association3099291478881j29snv76719861:24000
Vanwyper-Connel-Hunewill association4187252478905j2bknv76719861:24000
Shayla-Dewar-Vanwyper association3117077478882j29tnv76719861:24000
Vanwyper-Bilbo-Soughe association4135254478900j2bdnv76719861:24000
Bucan-Vanwyper-Akler assocaition5915075478968j2dlnv76719861:24000
Vanwyper-Linkup-Loomis association4174376478904j2bjnv76719861:24000
Tuffo-Yuko-Vanwyper association9133657479018j2g6nv76719861:24000
Vanwyper-Roca association4163316478903j2bhnv76719861:24000
Vanwyper-Akler-Eboda association4152072478902j2bgnv76719861:24000
Zevadez-Humdun-Vanwyper association134965478747j25gnv76719861:24000
Vanwyper-Trunk-Trunk, steep association19213760479510j2z2nv77519851:24000
Anawalt-Vanwyper-Alyan association10040722475349hymvnv77719931:24000
Vanwyper-Devada association132235067475484hys6nv77719931:24000
Goosel-Devada-Vanwyper association86026121475957hz8gnv77719931:24000
Vanwyper-Midraw association132120700475483hys5nv77719931:24000
Burrita-Vanwyper-Havingdon association65317602475859hz59nv77719931:24000
Vanwyper-Gowjai-Soughe association132717592475489hyscnv77719931:24000
Soughe-Vanwyper association94313684475994hz9nnv77719931:24000
Ninemile-Vanwyper association5529155475788hz30nv77719931:24000
Soughe-Vanwyper-Rock outcrop association9447424475995hz9pnv77719931:24000
Vanwyper-Panlee-Gowjai association13246478475486hys8nv77719931:24000
Panlee-Vanwyper-Carstump association14236118475522hytfnv77719931:24000
Trunk-Vanwyper-Panlee association5935907475817hz3ynv77719931:24000
Ninemile-Anawalt-Vanwyper association5585482475793hz35nv77719931:24000
Madeline-Anawalt-Vanwyper association14004126475515hyt6nv77719931:24000
Snowmore-Vanwyper-Devada association9844069476009hzb4nv77719931:24000
Zevadez-Vanwyper association9623532476002hz9xnv77719931:24000
Gowjai-Vanwyper-Sumine association7403521475907hz6vnv77719931:24000
Devada-Vanwyper association13711785475507hysynv77719931:24000
Devada-Vanwyper associationNV13711233270853260qmnv77719931:24000
Vanwyper-Rock outcrop complex, 45 to 80 percent north slopes3371034490764jgp3or62819971:24000
Rubble land-Rock outcrop complex120309292026356260lbor64420211:24000
Vanwyper-Pernty-Vanwyper, complex, 20 to 50 percent slopes447631929868342wbkvor64420211:24000
Vanwyper-McIvey complex, 20 to 60 percent slopes456149329868452wbk2or64420211:24000
Devada-Vanwyper associationNV13712332026489260qmor64420211:24000
Vanwyper-Rock outcrop complex, 45 to 80 percent north slopesOR03377124872202ph4xor64420211:24000
Darkrock-Vanwyper complex, 2 to 9 percent slopes80482376331266730dksor6451:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the VANWYPER soil series. To learn more about how this distribution was mapped, or to compare this soil series extent to others, use the Series Extent Explorer (SEE) application. Source: generalization of SSURGO geometry .